Regina Derieva (1949 – 2013) was a Russian poet and writer who published around thirty books of poetry, essays, and prose. From July 1999 until her death she lived in Sweden. Her books in English translation are Inland Sea and Other Poems, In Commemoration of Monument, Instructions for Silence, The Last Island, and Alien Matter. Her work has also appeared in Poetry, Quadrant, Modern Poetry in Translation, Salt as well as in many Russian and Swedish magazines. Regina participated in a number of Swedish and international poetry festivals, including Singapore Writers Festival in 2007. Her papers are at Stanford University.